Skeptophilia

We've had a good bit of geological activity lately, here on the Earth.  Most scientists attribute this to plate tectonics, the shifting ...

It's been a rough year for cartoon characters. First, we had a Muslim cleric ranting about how Mickey Mouse was an Unclean Agent of Sa...

So now, an "armchair astronomer" has used a satellite imaging map to zoom in on what he thinks is a secret alien base camp on Mars...

One of the downsides of writing about nonsense is that you become the target for more nonsense.  Recently I have received email links for Sp...

A friend of mine recently sent me a link about beauty treatments.  She wasn't, I think, trying to give me any sort of unsubtle suggestio...

I was chatting with a couple of students yesterday, and the subject turned to aliens.  Conversations seem to get steered that way when I...

It's an odd thing, satire.  The literary practice of pretending to take the side of those with whom you disagree, and exaggerating their...